At the risk of this thread being locked…

… I dare ask a stupid question, but it’s been on my mind.

How do you find yourselves pronouncing these names…?

Delita

Ramzaa

Zeklaus

Just a few names that popped up that really annoyed me because no matter how many times I’ve pronounced it in my mind, it sounds dorky.

For example… for Delita’s name is it… "delete-ah" or "delight-ah" or etc?

I KNOW! I ALWAYS pronounce it "Delete-ah" agggh its annoying and "Rom-za" and "Raemza" and Rahmza" and ugggh

eh, I’m not going to close it, but can you rename the topic? If not,
tell me what you want to call it, and I’ll rename it.

anyways, I usually use the japanese phonetics, so

rah mu za

de lee ta(is what I should say, but I always read it as "de lai ta")

ze ku lah su

like that.

its a bit annoying. America tells me to pronounce "masamune" like this:

ma sa myun

but its actually

ma-sa-mu-neh-

I’ve been reading that word wrong for too long. Have no chance of getting it right.

That’s how I pronounce masamune!!
I pronounce Ramza Ram-za
and the others similar to all of yours.:D

I pronounce Ramza- Ram-zuh
Delita- Dale-it-uh
I don’t have a clue on how to pronounce the last one.

Pronouncing things Japanese is misguided in this case, because half of these names sound like they could come from Europe… and it IS set in a setting resembling the Dark ages. Ah well… Ramza I prounounce "Ram-sa", Delita as "Del-a-tuh", spoken quickly, and Zeklaus as "Zeh-KLOWS" where LOWS rhymes with "cows". Ah well, that’s just me.

I usualy dont care, and just read by them fast. Later even if I find out that Ive been saying them wrong, I cant change.

Like with Zeklaus, I just said Zek ah lus. nO_On

Originally posted by Sanosuke
… I dare ask a stupid question, but it’s been on my mind.

How do you find yourselves pronouncing these names…?

Delita

Ramzaa

Zeklaus

Just a few names that popped up that really annoyed me because no matter how many times I’ve pronounced it in my mind, it sounds dorky.

For example… for Delita’s name is it… "delete-ah" or "delight-ah" or etc?

Delita: D’ lee tah

Ramza as it sounds

Zeklaus: Z – clause